Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DK Skytrain off Beachy Head: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
42-93726
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
13670
YOM:
1944
Location:
Beachy Head
East Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Beachy Head. Three crew members including Roy O. Yonker, pilot, were killed. The fourth occupant Francis J. Priest survived and was rescued.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Beachy Head: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
M7+KH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
8200
Location:
Beachy Head
East Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an mission to Liverpool when it was shot down by the pilot of a Beaufighter and crashed in Beachy Head. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
Fw Siegfried Helbig, pilot,
Fw Johann Hafner, radio operator,
Gefr Lothar Rüdiger, observer,
Uffz Karl Hilke, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Beachy Head: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N6180
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
MSN:
9279
YOM:
1939
Location:
Beachy Head
East Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wattisham on a training sortie. While cruising in mist, the pilot lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a pasture located in Beachy Head. All three crew members as well as one people on the ground (Mrs. Mary Florence Savery) were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Donald Perry Farrow,
Sgt Alfred John William Sargeant,
AC2 Leslie Phillips.

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